It’s (still) over for Clinton?
May 7th, 2008 – 10:32 AM by Bob von SternbergAs Politically Connected editor Dennis McGrath pointed out over at McMemo, the instant analysis about Tuesday’s results assessed Hillary Clinton’s presidential prospects as, in the front page assessment of her hometown New York Post, “TOAST.”
If anything, the morning-after assessments from pundits and columnists are even more scathing. Here’s a sample:
Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter: “Barack Obama not only nearly clinched the Democratic nomination Tuesday night. He also answered a big question about the fall campaign. The glass jaw that Hillary Clinton and John McCain thought they saw turned out to be an illusion.”
Former Bush aide Matthew Dowd: “What do President Bush and Hillary clinton have in common? Neither had an exit strategy ready. The curtain on the long Clinton Broadway campaign is coming down. It hasn’t hit the floor yet, but it’s real close.”
The Politico’s Roger Simon:
“Hillary Clinton’s strategy for winning the Democratic nomination is now a fond wish wrapped in a desperate hope.”
The New York Daily News’ Michael Goodwin: “It’s over. Barack Obama now wears the crown of inevitability. Unless he falls off a cliff, or the Rev. Jeremiah Wright pushes him, he is going to be the Democratic nominee.”
The Times of London’s Gerard Baker: “An end to this apparently interminable contest is in sight at last.”
The Chicago Tribune’s John Kass: “Her people will argue that she’s still politically alive. His people will say that the delegate math belongs to him. And what’s left, for a short while, are those angry men and women in those little boxes on TV, bickering at each other about Democrats denied their votes in Michigan and Florida. But it’s over for Hillary.”
There’s more out there — much more - but you get the drift.
4 Responses to "It’s (still) over for Clinton?"
Very creative. Good work, team.
It’s like deja vu.
Should I post the same comments, or just cut and paste?
I don’t know if this is simply a wild assumption (aren’t they all), but does anyone else get the feeling that these predominately white bread and quite well fed mediacrats have been for this rookie…what’s his name..yeah Obama right from the start. Ah yes, journalism..never fair but always protesting to be so…
We will be a free country, free at last, when it becomes not a natural conclusion that a black man will do well in a black community….but first we need to talk about this and I see the Star well dimmed in doing so..
I read recently that Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign is over 25 million dollars in debt. If she does become our president, how will this debt be paid off. Won’t she be vulnerable to accepting lobbyist money to pay down this debt? Isn’t that the sort of special interest politics that we are seeking to avoid this time around? Think about it….